Police called over runaway biting ferret

Residents dialled 999 after a runaway ferret started biting people's ankles at
a block of flats.

Residents dialled 999 after a runaway ferret started biting people's ankles at a block of flats in Chilwell, NottsPhoto: Stephen Hornby / Newsteam

By News agencies

11:41AM BST 04 Sep 2013

Police, an ambulance and RSPCA staff were called to Ribblesdale Court in Chilwell, Nottinghamshire.

Resident Merrell Smith said the ferret, nicknamed Fred, snapped at her feet for over an hour and when her neighbour tried to intervene, the ferret bit him before attacking someone else.

The commotion stopped when one of the residents lured the ferret into a cat box with a piece of ham and trapped it inside.

However, despite being caged the ferret still bit the RSPCA officer who came to collect it.

Ms Smith said: "I heard my neighbour calling me and when I opened the door there was this ferret, outside my door, running around. I was talking to my neighbour about what to do when it just literally went for me.